CNBC June 9, 2020
Christina Farr,Annie Palmer

Key Points

– Amazon aims to test the bulk of its workers for Covid-19 every two weeks.

– To this end, the company is setting up its own Covid-19 testing labs at its fulfillment centers.

– Amazon’s warehouse workers who test positive are referred to a third-party, Grand Rounds, for telehealth consultations.

Amazon is ramping up its plans to test its fulfillment center workers for coronavirus after several outbreaks at its warehouses.

The goal, according to three people familiar with the company’s plans, is to test the bulk of the company’s warehouse workers every two weeks. Workers would test themselves with nasal swabs, using a video for guidance, with a clinical professional supervising.

The move would require...

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